Title: Earrings
Summary: "Who cares?! Just promise me you'll wear it so you won't get bored and you won't try anything rash like cutting your hair alright?"
A/N:
u.sura-yume: Thank you so much for reviewing this really meant a lot to me. (it's enough to write the next chapter) --,
Disclaimer: Look if I owned this I wouldn't be here writing this, this would actually happen in the series! But sadly I don't own so you don't sue okay?
His footsteps echoed around the empty hallway as he clutched a small black book in his hand. He was smiling goofily. Of course he's smiling that way because his destination is her room after all. He arrived at the door and knocked.
"Rinali! It's me." No answer.
He knocked again, "Rinali?" Still no answer.
He did the liberty of letting himself in as he slowly turned the knob. Her windows were wide open to the wind that played with the silk curtains and, to the sun that shone brightly to the room. Everything around it was neat and organized compared to his room it's the completely the opposite with almost anything stuffed anywhere around the room. Rinali would often comment on how he could find things despite everything being cramped and messy. He chuckled at the memory as he glanced around looking for the owner of the room.
There she was sitting on a chair in front of her dresser. For some reason she seemed pretty pre-occupied so Lavi slowly approached her in attempts to frighten her. He grinned mischievously; He was going to enjoy the look on her face.
Lavi slowly bent down and blew softly on Rinali's ear. It instantly sent shiver's on her spine causing her to shriek and jump up from her seat. She frowned instantly when she was faced with the perpetrator.
"Very funny."
Lavi grinned in an attempt to suppress his laughter, unfortunately he failed, "Sorry about that."
She crossed her arms and sat down, "You really scared me there."
He stood beside her and chuckled, "That's because you were so pre-occupied. You probably didn't hear me knock." Her eyes widened slightly as she stared at her reflection. He bowed down slightly and rested his arm on the chair's armrest, "So, what's bothering you?"
"Should I cut my hair?" She asked as she raised two fingers and moved them like they were scissors. Rinali caught the shock in Lavi's eyes and smiled slightly. Lavi raised a brow in disagreement, "Why would you want to do that?"
"Because it's boring."
Lavi's eyes sparked in amusement and continued to stare at their reflection as they spoke, "What is?"
She raised her hand and playfully twirled her hair with her fingers, "To be honest I don't want to cut my hair either. I just thought I should try something new or different that's all." She let out an audible sigh as she leaned back on the chair.
"It must be very funny hearing this from me. You're probably thinking I'm vain." She said as she playfully nudged him on his sides.
He shook his head and smiled, "Nope. It's normal. Trust me I know what you're going through."
Of course he should. For someone to have "Lavi" as a 49th alias going through different changes like changing his hairstyle, thinking up of different names, moving around from one place to another and, not to mention going through a lot of fashion statements he KNOWS very well what it means to be bored.
Fashion statements? Hm…
"Wait here. I think I know just what you need." He patted her on the head and left the book he was holding earlier on the table. She wasn't given a chance to ask him because he left quickly. Rinali was left to her thoughts wondering what Lavi would bring back with him. Although it may take a while if he will get the item from his room; she was surprised when Lavi came back in an instant.
She stood up from her chair and turned to him, "That was fast!"
He just smirked and turned her around by the shoulder letting her face the mirror, "This one's special so it wasn't really hard to find."
"Hm?" Rinali blinked at their reflection, "What is it?"
"Close your eyes." Rinali stared at him with suspicion but Lavi just covered them with his hand. "Just close them alright? And no peeking!" She laughed at his gesture and eagerly nodded. He removed his hand and waved it around in front of her eyes just to make sure. When he was completely sure that her eyes are closed, he gently inserted something on both sides of her ear followed by their lock.
"Earrings? Are they like the ones you're wearing?"
"Nope, like I said their special." Lavi smiled in satisfaction, "You can open your eyes now."
Rinali had to blink several times before she could clearly focus on her reflection. When her vision concentrated on her ears her eyes sparkled in awe.
"They're beautiful!" She leaned forward as she admired the tiny, circular, jade earrings on her ear. They twinkled as small rays of sunlight reflected the beauty of its color.
It fits her much better than when he wore them before. Come to think of it he couldn't quite decipher how he got the earrings. Either way he was glad he kept it. It's a small change on her appearance but, it's done quite a lot. Lavi suppressed the small blush on his cheeks as he tried to act cool, "It's yours now."
"Really?"
He failed quite miserably as he looked away, "Why not? Besides it looks a lot better on you than it does on me."
She noticed he was failing and she took the chance to mock him; it's payback for scaring her earlier, "If it doesn't look good on you why did you get it in the first place?"
Lavi was caught off guard and he was a little irritated. He faced her reflection instead, "Who cares?! Just promise me you'll wear it so you won't get bored and you won't try anything rash like cutting your hair alright?"
Rinali laughed at the expression on his face; he was fuming pretty childishly, "Hai, hai!"
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"Nii-sama, here's your coffee." Rinali held out the tray with her brother's special mug of coffee.
"Arigatou Rinali!!!" Komui looked up from the stack of papers and took his mug of coffee with delight. That's when he noticed.
"Hm? Rinali something's different about you today…."
She just smiled as she hugged the tray in her arms, "You think so?"
Komui tapped his fingers on his chin thoughtfully, "It's strange but I think you're blooming!! Did something happen? Hmmm?? Did you try something new? Tell me! Tell me!"
Her deep emerald orbs just sparkled and that's when Komui noticed that something that sparkled along with it. He failed to note what it was and where it came from.
Rinali beamed, "Nothing. It's just something special."
